The German SM U-35 U-boat sinks a British ship in the Mediterranean Sea during World War 1. German U-Boat Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière uses a pair of binoculars, with subordinates taking down notes, while the SM U-35 cruises in the Mediterranean. A British merchant ship sails the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. German U-Boat crew sails to the British merchant ship on a small boat. German seamen return with seized cargo of turtles. Seized turtles are laid down on the U-Boat’s deck. A commander of the British ship is offloaded by the German. A captured crew member tosses a hat to the commander. Captured British crew members, wearing life vests, are left adrift in a lifeboat. The SM U-35 crew fires deck gun to sink the British merchant ship. Sailing ship listing as it begins to sink. Commander Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière marks off the sunken ship in a log book as other captured British commanders gather on the submarine deck. Lifeboats with captured British crewmen are left adrift in the Mediterranean Sea.
French soldiers carry bodies of soldiers killed in a bayonet attack during World War 1. Bodies of soldiers are being carried on stretchers and laid down neatly in a pile on a cart by French soldiers. A French soldier turns a corpse over, adjusting the corpse to prevent it from falling. French soldier places a small towel over the corpses as soldiers bring more corpses. Piles of corpses on a cart.
German soldiers, wearing the Pickelhaube helmets, are walking as seen from behind a barbed wire fence in World War 1. German military officials inspect a trench being dug by local men, possibly Belgians or French civilians from German-occupied territories. Men digging during a road repair as a German official orders around. Civilians line up to receive food in a rations line.
SS Kronprinz Wilhelm at sea near the Virginia coast. Captain Thierichsen of the Eitel (left) Collector of the Port Hamilton, and Captain Thierfelder of the SS Kronprinz Wilhelm. Sailors demonstrate the firing of one of the Kronprinz's 3 1-2 inch guns. They pose with another 6 inch gun captured from a French ship. The crew assembled in uniforms, wearing patent leather shoes taken from a captured ship. The SS Crown Prince Wilhelm is interned in the then neutral USA during WWI.
Dr. Konstantin Theodor Dumba, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United States USA, exits a row house and tips his hat toward the camera. Dr. Dumba was expelled from the USA during WWI after having been accused of espionage.
Swedish Royal carriage carrying King Gustaf V, and wife the Queen, Victoria of Baden, drives past Swedish Royal Guards. King Gustaf V, wearing a very thick coat and a cocked hat, and Queen Victoria alight from the carriage, with valets assisting the royal couple. The King and Queen of Sweden shakes hands with Royal Guards. The Queen walks with her husband to the port to launch a warship, based on porthole count and arrangement on stern, possibly HSwMS Sverige or HSwMS Drottning Victoria, both of which launched from Gothenburg. These were Swedish Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) vessels.